Tech-Illiterate Autist Seeks Assistance - No clue where to start with building a PC

[Anonitolia]

Wow, apparently I'm a clairvoyant.

So: my PC crapped out almost exactly half a year after I said I would need to come back here, at the start of the final quarter of this year. I didn't realize that until I came to reread this thread, and now I'm spooked.

Anyways: I've got a budget. 2k dollars max for the entire final product. I've been very busy in the intermediate months, for a variety of reasons, and I'm almost exactly where I was when I last posted about this in May. I've still got plenty of notes, but no specifics yet.

I have a 2TB SSD harddrive that I will likely be using with my new PC. I've got that in an incredibly crappy old one right now (14 years old, very unstable; complete stopgap that I really need gone by 2026). Other than that, I don't think I've got any certainty on parts, so I'm open to any suggestions. My priorities remain the same: architectural work first, a decent gaming rig second, everything else probably last.

I've heard there's some hubbub about NVIDIA right now, but I've also heard that since like February and I'm not sure what the hell it's about. I think it had to do with stocks, so I'm not even sure it applies to building a new PC. If it's actually hardware related and there's some crappy build quality or software bug going around in their products, let me know I guess.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Point blank: I actually need a new PC now so I'm reviving this thread. I am no less illiterate than I was 6 months ago, although I do plan on doing more research come sun-up tomorrow, so I have returned to the land of the autistic flightless birds to seek assistance once more. I would appreciate any squawks of help or dirt-drawn diagrams of what to do. Many thanks.

 

[seri0us]

so I have returned to the land of the autistic flightless birds to seek assistance once more. I would appreciate any squawks of help or dirt-drawn diagrams of what to do. Many thanks.

RAM prices have gone sky high because AI slop machines are eating up all the supply and it probably won't go back down anytime soon

 

[Mister Fister]

Wow, apparently I'm a clairvoyant.

So: my PC crapped out almost exactly half a year after I said I would need to come back here, at the start of the final quarter of this year. I didn't realize that until I came to reread this thread, and now I'm spooked.

Anyways: I've got a budget. 2k dollars max for the entire final product. I've been very busy in the intermediate months, for a variety of reasons, and I'm almost exactly where I was when I last posted about this in May. I've still got plenty of notes, but no specifics yet.

I have a 2TB SSD harddrive that I will likely be using with my new PC. I've got that in an incredibly crappy old one right now (14 years old, very unstable; complete stopgap that I really need gone by 2026). Other than that, I don't think I've got any certainty on parts, so I'm open to any suggestions. My priorities remain the same: architectural work first, a decent gaming rig second, everything else probably last.

I've heard there's some hubbub about NVIDIA right now, but I've also heard that since like February and I'm not sure what the hell it's about. I think it had to do with stocks, so I'm not even sure it applies to building a new PC. If it's actually hardware related and there's some crappy build quality or software bug going around in their products, let me know I guess.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Point blank: I actually need a new PC now so I'm reviving this thread. I am no less illiterate than I was 6 months ago, although I do plan on doing more research come sun-up tomorrow, so I have returned to the land of the autistic flightless birds to seek assistance once more. I would appreciate any squawks of help or dirt-drawn diagrams of what to do. Many thanks.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698879/powerspec-g758-gaming-pc

This is a prebuilt that has a nigger friday deal. 1800 for 32 ram/ 5070ti 16 and 9800x3d.

 

[umseriously]

Wow, apparently I'm a clairvoyant.

So: my PC crapped out almost exactly half a year after I said I would need to come back here, at the start of the final quarter of this year. I didn't realize that until I came to reread this thread, and now I'm spooked.

Anyways: I've got a budget. 2k dollars max for the entire final product. I've been very busy in the intermediate months, for a variety of reasons, and I'm almost exactly where I was when I last posted about this in May. I've still got plenty of notes, but no specifics yet.

I have a 2TB SSD harddrive that I will likely be using with my new PC. I've got that in an incredibly crappy old one right now (14 years old, very unstable; complete stopgap that I really need gone by 2026). Other than that, I don't think I've got any certainty on parts, so I'm open to any suggestions. My priorities remain the same: architectural work first, a decent gaming rig second, everything else probably last.

I've heard there's some hubbub about NVIDIA right now, but I've also heard that since like February and I'm not sure what the hell it's about. I think it had to do with stocks, so I'm not even sure it applies to building a new PC. If it's actually hardware related and there's some crappy build quality or software bug going around in their products, let me know I guess.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Point blank: I actually need a new PC now so I'm reviving this thread. I am no less illiterate than I was 6 months ago, although I do plan on doing more research come sun-up tomorrow, so I have returned to the land of the autistic flightless birds to seek assistance once more. I would appreciate any squawks of help or dirt-drawn diagrams of what to do. Many thanks.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/16603867637?sid=6112600b-0d2e-4c3b-8c78-cb7527d1f954

I suggest you buy now while everything is relatively cheap before it goes up even further. Nvidia is pretty good for work/gaming so they're your best bet. Their upper range GPUs are expensive while CPUs can be pretty important for your "architectural" work from what I know. If GPU is what matters instead, aim for a upper tier from Nvidia with an entry level CPU. That is all.

Oh and, build your PC. Fuck the pre builts. I will be here to offer exact part assistance if you really need help and can't guide the marketplace on your own.

 

[Anonitolia]

RAM prices have gone sky high because AI slop machines are eating up all the supply and it probably won't go back down anytime soon

Oh, great. Thank you for letting me know, man. That sucks.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/16603867637?sid=6112600b-0d2e-4c3b-8c78-cb7527d1f954
I suggest you buy now while everything is relatively cheap before it goes up even further.

Aiming for sometime before December, yeah. Black Friday's this week, I think, and then Cyber Monday's right after, isn't it? Gonna try and grab some stuff on discount if I can.

Thank you for the link to a proper graphics card. I'll check out if it's right for me (I recall someone here saying the 5000 and 4000 series were disappointments compared to the 3000? Gotta look more into this). Thank you for the recommendation!

 

[umseriously]

Oh, great. Thank you for letting me know, man. That sucks.


Aiming for sometime before December, yeah. Black Friday's this week, I think, and then Cyber Monday's right after, isn't it? Gonna try and grab some stuff on discount if I can.

Thank you for the link to a proper graphics card. I'll check out if it's right for me (I recall someone here saying the 5000 and 4000 series were disappointments compared to the 3000? Gotta look more into this). Thank you for the recommendation!

If you're serious about work, get a 16gb card. It'll save you a bunch of headaches in the future.

 

[Curry Teafag]

Do not buy anything worse than an RTX 5070 Ti or an RX 9070. They are both 16 GB cards.